Artist Tones

[Toto]

what do you think?!

if you have a Satriani or Vai or ....... tone share how are you getting this tone. please write effects (in order) and values.

thanks!

[frankfalbo]

If someone mentions the word "fingers" this thread has "5-pages of rant" written all over it.

[Drew]

Ooooh... I'll be watching this thread, it always seems to trigger a proper shytestorm around these parts.

I'm personally of the opinion that "Steve's hands" or "Joe's hands" are the most crucial "missing link" in any of these tonal equations. I will now prepare to have my head bitten off.

I can give you a great Drew Peterson tone, if you want it:

Me ==> Ibanez UV7PWH (stock, aside from a Tremol-no) or Fender USA Standard Strat (gold lace sensors, graphite nut and saddles, pearloid pickguard, and my super-duper top-secret "worn" finish, virtually impossible to duplicate ) ==> sometimes a Dunlop Crybaby ==> Mesa Nomad-45 2x12 (JJ high gain preamp tubes, early breakup poweramp tubes) ==> bit o' delay and verb in the mix ==> You.

Works like a charm, no matter what I do this setup always sounds exactly like me.

-D

EDIT - Frank, ya beat me to it!

[linthat22]

I use a Rockton Velocity 300 power amp (love that thing) going to a 4x12 Randall cab. My preamp is the original Rocktron Chameleon and my guitar is an early 90's black and green Universe I also have an Art SGX-2000 express that I keep because of the cool lights on it, lol.

I'd say since I've "prefected" my tone to the way I like it, so it sounds like mine. But my borther in law said that my distortion sounds like a cross between Pantera's Far Beyond Driven (low end oomph and chugga chuggas) and Megadeths Rust in Piece (rhythm sound without sounding muddy) album. No reverb, no effects (I actually use the bypass button on my main rhythm setting).

I have 2 lead tones, one is a slightly modified rhythm tone and the other is a spitting image (can you see that? lol) of Randy Rhoads sound on the Tribute album.

[red5]

When I bought my Jem, I played a JS1000 through a JCM 2000 DSL and it sounded very much like JS.

Note: Satch used to use a ton of different amps (maybe he still does in the studio). Marshall 30th anniversary heads, JTM45s, 50/100 watters, Fender Twins, Vox AC30s, and a Keeley modded DS1 and always sound the same.

My best artist tone is Stevie Ray Vaughan with the Major probably. I imagine with the Major and the LP with the new pups I can do a good Gary Moore too. Any any of those classic modded JCM 800 era tones with the SL-X..

[The Madness Here]

he definately sounds different know that he uses the jsx. It still has a joe flavour, but there is a noticable difference between live in SF and G3 in denver.